Thanks for great work Mark. Best wishes for your future endeavour... :-)
I still remember excitement of submitting my first plugin in new plugin forum (and then waiting for your roundup blog posts to spread the word about it)

Although I am saddened by Mark's decision I also understand it. Real life and family comes first. It was a remarkable run. I'll always look to this site as the ultimate WordPress resource.
I also want to personally thank Mark for recognizing my past work in the forums by making me an administrator and then granting me fill-in author status on the main site. I haven't been active on this site for a long time due to real life getting in the way but I had a lot of fun. Not only that, the experience was also educational and rewarding. I learned so much about WordPress themes by my work in the forums and I had so much fun by interacting with everyone on the main site.
Nothing but good memories of this place.
Good luck with the future Mark. Hope we run into each other again. And once again, thanks.

I did not know any good resource for themes and plugin updates like this site!
It has become my everday routine, to check - it was not coming to me, through RSS feed. It was something, that I have visited every day!
Thank and let your good and kind work towards the community beloved by others too!

Mark, I owe so much of where I am today because of Weblog Tools Collection ... and am so grateful for all you've done for WordPress and me personally.
It's a bittersweet day ... I wish you and your family the best though!

Good luck, Mark! I used to check WLTC daily in my WordPress dashboard when I started using WordPress and referred back to several of the how to posts when I began theme development. :) I'll never forget the excitement of having a theme linked on Weblog Tools Collection and being interviewed here by Jeff Chandler.

I remember a day nine years ago when you helped me with one of your old plugins. I was a n00b to WordPress and I was having a hard time converting from outdated B2. People like you made it all easier for people like me back then and changed our lives in some way. Thank you and good luck with whatever you decide to do. :)

Well, I am definitely going to miss this blog. Every single plug-in that I use was found through a recommendation here, and most of the themes I've used over the last couple years too. A shame, but life must go on.
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